On the floor

On the floor
Jennifer Lopez feat. Pit bull
publication	February 11, 2011
length	3:51 (single version) 4:44 (album version)
Genre (s)	Dance-pop , electro-pop , electro-house
Author (s)	Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Gonzalo Hermosa, Ulises Hermosa, Achraf Janussi, Nadir Khayat, Armando Perez, Geraldo Sandell
album	Love?

On the floor is a song by American singer Jennifer Lopez , she together with US rapper Pitbull has recorded. The song was the first single from Lopez's seventh studio album Love? and was released on February 11, 2011 by Island Records . The song was produced by the music producer RedOne . The song reached number one in the charts in many countries such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland . In these countries, the song with the best-selling songs also became the most successful track of 2011.

background

The song first appeared as backing music to Lopez L'Oréal commercial on the Internet; the official premiere took place on January 16, 2011 during the presentation of the 68th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles . The song was the second collaboration between Lopez and Pitbull, after the promo single Fresh Out the Oven, who sang the piece live for the first time on May 5, 2011 during the American TV show American Idol .

The melody of On the Floor contains sampled elements in the chorus from the song Lambada by the band Kaoma from 1989, an initially unauthorized cover version of the piece Llorando Se Fué by the music group Los Kjarkas from 1982. The combination of the song is unusual the styles from dance music , here above all the continuous four-to-the-floor bass drum reminiscent of reggaeton with a dotted soca rhythm and the timbre of the bandoneon taken from the song Lambada .

criticism

About.com music critic Bill Lamb called the song "Jennifer Lopez's defining party rhythm," with "unstoppable dance-pop influence" and "little exotic touches . " In addition, critics found that the piece is similar to the house song Stereo Love by Edward Maya .

Music video

The video for On the Floor was shot on January 22nd and 23rd, 2011, directed by director TAJ Stansberry. An open casting was held for the video shoot in order to find suitable actors. The official premiere took place in the tenth edition of the American talent show American Idol on March 3, 2011. There the fans could vote for one of three different versions of the final scenes of the video via the show's website.

Chart placements

Charts (2011)	Best placement	Weeks
Australia	1	27
Belgium Flanders	1	23
Belgium Wallonia	1	23
Germany	1	54
Finland	1	23
France	1	62
Italy	1	19th
Canada	1	41
Norway	1	25th
Austria	1	42
Sweden	1	38
Switzerland	1	51
Spain	1	57
United Kingdom	1	33
United States	3	29
US Latin Pop Songs	2	26th
US pop songs	5	20th

Year-end charts

Charts (2011)	Highest position
Australia	10
Germany	1
Canada	3
Austria	1
Switzerland	1
United Kingdom	9
United States	11

Awards and sales

On the Floor has been awarded 1 × gold and 36 × platinum worldwide. According to awards, the single was sold more than 7 million times. According to sources , On the Floor has sold over 8,400,000 times worldwide.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	30,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Germany (BVMI)	5 × gold	750,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	12,213
Italy (FIMI)	3 × platinum	90,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Russia (NFPF)	platinum	100,000
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	80,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	4 × platinum	120,000
Spain (Promusicae)	3 × platinum	120,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,800,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	924,000
All in all	1 × gold 36 × platinum	7,016,213

Main article: Jennifer Lopez / Music Sales Awards

See also

• List of number one hits in Germany (2011)

Individual evidence

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